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The module aims to provide knowledge and understanding of fundamental principles of materials and fluid mechanics and to teach how to use these principles in civil engineering practice through linkage to the Civil Engineering Design Module. The module helps students to fit understanding of fluids and materials into the bigger engineering picture. It provides intellectual, practical and transferable skills that will allow students to develop careers in civil engineering.

Learning Outcomes

• Understanding forces acting on a fluid volume and basic principles of fluid motion
• Using a 1D continuity equation for calculating fluid velocities and flow rates
• Understanding of hydrostatics and its applications
• Understanding energy conservation in fluids and applications of Bernoulli equation
• Application of steady flow energy equation to calculate flows in pipes and pipelines
• Understanding of the mechanical behaviour of materials, including: elastic and plastic deformation, fracture, impact, creep, fatigue and mechanical testing
• Understand the structure of metals, polymers and ceramics and comparison of their properties
• Knowledge of the composition, mechanical behaviour and durability of timber
• Develop the following transferable skills: problem solving, laboratory skills, presenting information textually and graphically

Reading List:

Bernard Massey (2006) Mechanics of fluids, 8th ed, Taylor and Francis

Les Hamill (2011) Understanding Hydraulics, 3rd ed, Palgrave

J.F. Douglas, et. al. (2005) Fluid Mechanics, 5th ed, Pearson

Peter Winn (2014) Hydraulics for Civil Engineers, ICE Publishing

Soutsos, M., Domone, P. (2018) Construction Materials - Their Nature and Behaviour, 5th ed. CRC Press

Young, J. F., Mindess, S., Gray, R. J., Bentur, A. (1998) The Science and Technology of Civil Engineering Materials, 1st ed, Prentice Hall

Callister, W. D., Rethwisch, D. G. (2019) Materials Science and Engineering An Introduction, 10th ed. Wiley

Jones, D. R. H., Ashby, M. (2018) Engineering Materials 1 An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design, 5th ed. Butterworth-Heinenmann